DA 01-448
February 21, 2001
ADDENDUM TO AUCTION NOTICE AND FILING
REQUIREMENTS FOR FM BROADCAST CONSTRUCTION
PERMITS
Auction Rescheduled from February 21, 2001 to May 9, 2001
Minimum Opening Bids and Other Procedural Issues
Report No. AUC-00-37-E (Auction No. 37)
By this Public Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Mass Media Bureau
(collectively referred to as the "Bureaus") provide the associated bidding units for the 352 FM
broadcast construction permits being offered in Auction No. 37, as well as a clarification of the
upfront payment calculation.1 The revised Attachment A lists all vacant FM allotments that will be
included in Auction No. 37, including the associated bidding units.
Please note that upfront payments are not attributed to specific construction permits, but instead will
be translated to bidding units to define a bidder's maximum bidding eligibility. For Auction No. 37,
the amount of the upfront payment will be translated into bidding units on a one-to-one basis, e.g., a
$200,000 upfront payment provides the bidder with 200,000 bidding units. The total upfront
payment defines the maximum number of bidding units on which the applicant will be permitted to
bid (including standing high bids) in any single round of bidding. Thus, an applicant does not have
to make an upfront payment to cover all construction permits that an applicant has selected on FCC
Form 175, but rather to cover the maximum number of bidding units that are associated with
construction permits on which the bidder wishes to place bids and hold high bids at any given time.
For further information, contact Barbara Sibert, Auctions Project Manager, at (717) 338-2888;
Kenneth Burnley, Auctions Attorney, at (202) 418-0660; or Jeff Crooks, Auctions Analyst, at (202)
418-0660.
1 See FM Broadcast Auction Scheduled for May 9, 2001; Minimum Opening Bids and Other Procedural Issues, Public
Notice, DA 01-119 (rel. January 19, 2001) ("Auction No. 37 Procedural Public Notice").
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
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